Asos reports 8 percent rise in Q1 retail sales
loading...
According to Nick Robertson, CEO, September and October were challenging as the company completed the automation programme in Barnsley in time for peak. “Our sales have since gathered momentum and we had our biggest ever trading week over cyber weekend in November. Our strong UK performance continued however international retail sales declined. International trading conditions remain challenging,” Robertson added.
Asos has commenced investment into its international pricing and started to roll out its zonal pricing capability, which the company expects to help in improving its international performance. “During the quarter, we received 6.3 million pounds (9.8 million dollars) of insurance proceeds related to the fire at Barnsley in June, which we are deploying to accelerate our investment in international pricing. After taking this into account, we expect full year profits to be in line with expectations,” Robertson said.